About Our Graduate Music Faculty

  • A student has a music lesson with Dr. Worzbyt

    FOCUSED ON YOUR SUCCESS: Our faculty are well known both for their outstanding credentials and the close mentorship they provide their students. Bassoon professor Worzbyt also teaches conducting and directs the Concert Band.

    Take-aways from Lessons with Professor Henry Wong Doe

    “I have a private lesson every week with my piano professor, Henry Wong Doe. It's one of the most important things for me because I learn a lot from him: the excellent techniques of playing piano, the attitude I should have when I face difficulties, and the best way to teach students.”

    Xu Yunzhang, grad student, MA in Music Performance

    Your professors: Passionate, committed, and talented musicians and teachers

    The Music Department offers a faculty of 26 full-time and seven part-time professors. All are scholars and active musicians, and many still perform on the national and international stage. Unlike many other schools with adjunct professors who come in only on days when they teach, our individual instruments professors are on campus full-time, interacting with their students, help them to reach their full potential.

    We have professors who specialize in brass, keyboard, percussion, strings, guitar, harp, voice, and woodwinds. We have nationally and internationally recognized ensemble directors. And we have scholars who bring a wealth of knowledge to lead you through music education, history, theory, and composition. Learn more about our great faculty.

    But most importantly, our faculty is dedicated to teaching and mentoring their students.

    All graduate students work with an advisor from the Music Department. We match your instrument or passion with their specialty.

    Our faculty members are engaged with many activities that serve the university and greater community. Learn more about the department's ensembles.

    Megan Hall, alumna currently working as a music teacher

    Influenced by Professor Laura Ferguson

    “I'm continuously impressed with Professor Laura Ferguson's knowledge of not only how to teach, but also of how students learn. She's not afraid to think outside the box when it comes to education, and she encourages her students to do the same.”

    Megan Hall, Graduate of the Music in Education, MA program, currently a full-time middle school music teacher

  • Music Department
  • Cogswell Hall, Room 103
    422 South Eleventh Street
    Indiana, PA 15705-1071
  • Phone: 724-357-2390
  • Fax: 724-357-1324
  • Office Hours
  • Monday through Friday
  • 8:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m.